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The Western church culture has a phenomena that has steadily been growing for years now which is the lack of church attendance. In this series, I want to address the reasons why we should gather with the church as believers. It’s a lot more extensive than you may think. … Continue readingWhy You Should Go to Church – Part 1

In my last post, I began by delineating the difference between a church and the church. By way of review, since the term “church” is used to mean a specific kind of assembly or—as Jesus alludes to in Matthew 16:18—a specific kind of people (i.e. … Continue readingDon’t Go To Church, Be The Church – Part II

Today, we begin a series on what it means to “be” the church. The very term has been abused, misused, and maligned to mean something that it is not. It conjures up in the minds of people very different definitions. This confusion has led to an ignorance of what the word really means. We’re going to strip this away, layer by layer, to get back to the basics to reclaim the honor of what it truly means and represents. … Continue readingDon’t Go to Church, Be the Church – Part I